Jerry West was one of the most cutthroat executives in NBA history, cut from the Bill Walsh mold. If there was someone who loved severing sentimental ties to improve the quality of a roster, it was West. He would have been chomping at the bit to move on from Thompson and would have done summersaults at swapping Wiggins for Jimmy Butler III.

Talks between the Warriors and forward Jonathan Kuminga’s camp have picked up again, though a resolution doesn’t appear close. According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, who spoke Friday on NBA Today, the two sides have exchanged contract concepts in the past week.